From 7279459f9fdc18fdae16ce99f1a0ab813a4da49b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2022 09:39:16 -0800 Subject: doc: improve du --threshold wording * doc/coreutils.texi (du invocation): Reword. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index fa842bf4b..d9e8f8a5d 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -12493,13 +12493,10 @@ Although GNU @command{find} can be used to find files of a certain size, @command{du}'s @option{--threshold} option can be used to also filter directories based on a given size. -Please note that the @option{--threshold} option can be combined with the -@option{--apparent-size} option, and in this case would elide entries based on -its apparent size. - -Please note that the @option{--threshold} option can be combined with the -@option{--inodes} option, and in this case would elide entries based on -its inodes count. +When combined with the @option{--apparent-size} option, the +@option{--threshold} option elides entries based on apparent size. +When combined with the @option{--inodes} option, it elides entries +based on inode counts. Here's how you would use @option{--threshold} to find directories with a size greater than or equal to 200 megabytes: -- cgit v1.2.1